var items = new Array (new ImageMetaData('(NYT46) NEW YORK -- July 12, 2008 -- NY-IMMIG-VOTERS-2 -- Faiza Ali, center, from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, helps Muslims register to vote in Brooklyn on Friday, July 11, 2008New immigrants accounted for at least one-third of the increase in the number of New York City voters since 2004, while the number of Irish, Italian and Jewish voters, who together represent the traditional core of the city?s political establishment, decreased slightly, according to an analysis of voter registration records. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Photo/_new/g-cvr-081023-AmericanMuslimsVoters-434p.jpg','7:36 p.m. ET, 10/23/08','Todd Heisler /The New York Times / Redux Pictures','Redux Pictures',27350526));